tweezers
Word family verbtweezenountweezers
twee·zers /ˈtwiːzəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural]
DCBa small tool that has two narrow pieces of metal joined at one end, used to pull or move very small objects 镊子,小钳子 She was plucking her eyebrows with a pair of tweezers. 她正拿着一把小镊子在拔眉毛。
pair of tweezers• A pair of tweezers is also useful for pulling out splinters. Origin tweezers (1600-1700) tweeze “case of small instruments” ((1600-1700)), from etweese “tweeze” ((17-18 centuries)), from the plural of etwee “tweeze” ((17-19 centuries)), from French étui